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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1950
Page
2
United States industry faces a hollow promise of growth as executives voice uncertainty about 1951. Washington controls, rumor mills, and defense orders cloud forecasts while stock inventories and pre Christmas sales temper optimism. Forecasts depend on global policy and a decisive signal from leaders.
Funeral services for Ed Jarrett aged 60 are set for Tuesday at 2 P M at Hartselle Methodist church with Rev Draper officiating. Burial will follow in Hartselle city cemetery. Mr Jarrett died last Monday in Tacoma Washington after a year of illness. He is survived by two brothers Fred Jarrett of Hartrelie and Milton of a paleowil.
Decatur markets list cotton values, corn and oats prices, and other grains with moisture basis. North Georgia live poultry market steady in Atlanta with broilers and fryers chiefly 21 1/2 to 23 cents FOB farm, demand fair to good, supplies adequate.
Nashville Tennessee cattle sales slow but steady with beef cows up to 23.50 and slaughter steers 25.00 to 27.00 per cwt. Calves 32.00 to 36.50 for vealers. Hogs active with most barrows and gilts 18.00, sows 15.50 to 16.00. Sheep with light lambs around 28.00 and ewes near 11.00.
The trial of Howard Orr, 41, charged with the fatal shooting of Carl Cohn, farm laborer, opened the second week of Morgan circuit court. Witnesses said the shooting stemmed from a gambling argument after Cohn reportedly beat Orr in a prior fight. Cohn died from shotgun wounds in a Decatur hospital. Orr was arrested in Lawrence county about a week after the incident.
Whitmire notes residents could aid, while De catur faces unrest. Limestone county reports eight arrests including six for public drunkenness, one for driving while intoxicated, and one for leaving the scene. James Hubert Carter, 21, held on a $500 bond on hit and run charge near Ardmore after a Highway Patrol arrest. Cullman and Morgan officers add detentions for DWI and vagrancy in related actions.
The Supreme Court today voided the contempt ruling against a grand jury witness who refused to answer questions about alleged activities. The decision, tied to a wider case, underscores limits on compelled testimony.
General MacArthur, returning from Korea via Haneda, said Allied troops are in excellent shape with high morale and cohesive action. He noted tactical withdrawals were conducted with skill, enemy superiority acknowledged, and UN losses far less severe than Chinese claims.
The Alabama state pardon-parole board granted Louis M. Allen a full pardon, with Board Chairman Howell Turner noting the action. Allen, jailed for transporting whiskey in Talladega, had been released to Kilby prison custody after an arrest in Buchanan, Georgia. The report also states Joe Clayton received a pardon without serving time for grand larceny.
The 25,000 man breakout force completes a dangerous 50 mile retreat from snowbound mountains near the Changjin reservoir to the Hamhung coastal plain. The withdrawal involves the 31st and 32nd regiments of the Seventh Division, about 100 Royal Marines, and a U S Third Division task force. Wounded exceed 4,000 with no confirmed death toll reported.
City Clerk Joe Pettey and Miss Ruth Briscoe were married Saturday night at 6 PM in McCoy Memorial church at Birmingham Southern College. The couple, residing at 631 Jackson Street, have local roots. Pettey has ten years with the city and Mrs. Pettey is a Morgan County lifelong teacher in the veterans school.
North Korea facing pressure as divisions move toward Hamburg from the Northwest. U S warplanes hammer Chinese troops and supply lines. Mixed air actions yield few Red losses while refugees flood southward amid Kim Il Sung calls for aid to guerillas. In Seoul UN and American officials plan to stay despite the advance.
Indications grew that the administration planned rapid wage and price measures with a national emergency discussed by President Truman and congressional leaders. An afternoon meeting with economic advisers and a National Security Council session were planned, with a possible nationwide broadcast to explain drastic government action.
MacArthur landed at Kimpo airfield and conferred with Lt. Gen Walton H. Walker, commander of the Eighth Army, and Maj. Gen Earle E. Partridge, commander of the Fifth Air Force.
The Portland Oregonian was sold for more than 5 million dollars to Samuel I. Newhouse of New York. The cash deal includes the newspaper plant and goodwill, excluding the 5,000 watt radio station GKW which remains separate. The sale follows the Oregonian’s 100th anniversary and expands Newhouse’s newspaper holdings nationwide.
Mrs John Patterson Jr aged 48 died at her home 203 7th Avenue West Sunday evening. Funeral services will be held at the residence Tuesday at two oclock conducted by Rev W W Glass. Interment in city cemetery. She is survived by her husband son sister and grandson. She was a Decatur resident since 1932 active in civic groups.
Gen. Clifton Cates cited Lt. Gen. Lemuel Shepherd confirming the Fifth and Seventh Infantry regiments tied to the diversion at Hungnam. The communique notes the division’s high spirits, orderly move, and substantial but costly support by the First Marine Air Wing, with infantry strength averaging under 70 percent and frostbite among the casualties.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad expected to restore service on its main line through Pascagoula, Mississippi, by 6 PM after a weekend freight car pileup. Emergency repairs were underway on a damaged bridge and track, with the southbound New Orleans passenger train set to be the first to clear through once lines reopen.
The Northside Baptist church revival runs through the week with services each evening at seven led by Rev. Smith Ledbetter due to evangelist Carl Allen's illness. Includes community notices on kennel club meeting, river stage updates, and local visits.
Acheson's Capitol Hill visit to brief senators and representatives on foreign affairs followed President Truman's meetings with Prime Minister Attlee. Lawmakers viewed it as a possible administration bid for cross party support. Senator Robertson urged weekly White House talks with a selected mix of Democrats and Republicans, with Harriman to relay the idea.
Prices for delivered milk rose to 24 cents per quart and groceries to 25 cents with tax. Eggs increased four cents per dozen to 79 cents, in Birmingham on December 11.
Washington describes John L. Lewis weighing a possible fifth round wage increase for coal miners. He would need only to call industry spokesmen Moses or Moody, with contracts due April 1, 1951. Voluntary raises could come before price controls.
In Birmingham on December 11 Curtis D. Adkins newly elected state national committeeman said the Alabama Republicans will campaign to win over citizens who favor GOP principles but vote Democratic. Adkins, Ashville banker, succeeds Lonnie Noojin. Vardaman calls for a two party system in the South.
Daily Records shows multiple property transfers with James C. Brooks Loyd Ward and C B Bowling to Troy O. Martin totaling several thousand dollars. Transfers include John W Campbell Jr to W F Cooper for 1 and Douglas G Prince to John W Vinzant for 2000.
George Thomas Kirby aged 19 and Wilma Inez Hill aged 17, both of Danville districts, wed with Kirby listed as farmer. J Fred Vincent 25 of Eva district 1 marries Freda Johnson 22 of 310 Fifth Street South Decatur, hosiery mill worker. Horace Owen Mayhall 34 of Tanner 1 marries Myrtle Jewell Parker 18 of Somerville. James Frank Collin 36 bulldozer operator of Goodsprings Tenn marries Lois Christine Reynolds 28 of Goodsprings Tenn.
Mrs. J C Kimes died Sunday night at the home of a daughter in Union City Tennessee after months of illness. She is survived by two daughters Mrs E A Corbitt Union City and Mrs J E Barthlemy Decatur, one son J E, and 17 times of Greenwood Mississippi, with 8 great grandchildren. Funeral rites set for Union City Tuesday and Greenwood Mississippi Wednesday.
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